One Quarter of Our State is Better than Delaware Part II

Where did we go on Day 2?  Can you guess from this picture?

Yes you are right!  We went to Carlsbad Caverns.  Sweet, sweet, SM rode like this...

for about two minutes.  Then she walked it.  Then she melted down and left.  On the bright side - Look Aunt J was there!

We tried taking pictures underground but our camera was unable to light the "Great Room".  This is the best that Canon could do.

After that we visited the Living Desert!  Haha - it's an oxymoron!  My beautiful momma, B, took this picture soon after my dad sat on a cactus.  His face was frozen this way the rest of the day!

It was a bad luck day all around for my dad - he got attacked by a giant bat, too.

A picture from happier times - like that morning in Carlsbad...

Aunt J - thanks for accompanying us through the dark depths of Southeastern NM! (behind us is the majesty of the "Great Room" (thanks Canon)!)

One Quarter of Our State is Better than Delaware Part I

Here we go! 
On a trip to the southeastern part of New Mexico.
We picked up Aunt J in Albuquerque
Then got on the road to travel to Roswell - how quirky.

Right outside of town is a wildlife refuge called Bitter Lake
We had some lunch - a picnic, but with girl scout cookies not cake!

"Wait, who's this guy" asks SM?
A scary alien who put your dad in disarray!

We played on an outdoor playground
It had a fantastic rocket!

A zoo with a bald eagle
We got very close

Wonderful Roswell

Beautiful B attended this trip as well!

Pizza Time!

Before the epic trip to the Southeast,
Little JC got to create his own eats!
Here he is at the Time Out Kitchen
Look at his class - they're so excited they are practically twitchin'!

Here is JC behind the scenes,
Ham and pineapples make the perfect pizza cuisines.

Whaa!  SM and Gram were there too.
Alas they didn't get to make a pizza - oh poo!

There's the smile - just like predicted by Machiavelli,
The smile only comes when he's stuffing his belly!

Yum!

Easter!

Look who came to visit S,M, and J...

Gram and Pops stopped by to say 'Hey'!
We immediately exercised their legs
By taking them to Rover Park to hunt for Easter eggs...

 

With fading light

We headed in for the night.

We sat with some stinky dye at the dining room table

And colored eggs with SM's favorite color being the eye color of Clark Gable.

The next morning we awoke and found our gifts from the Easter bunny.
When I ate too much of the chocolate bunny he left, everything became funny...

except for Pops according to SM's vote
A joke?  Then why has SM's face hit a sour note?

Off to Church to celebrate the Savior's resurrection
Here we are, trying our best to sing with inflection.

Happy Easter.

Haphazard Assortment of Things

No rhyme nor reason-
A post for the windy spring season.
Why this picture of J on a stair?
Why it's his epic morning hair!

Here SM is running to the store
Wearing sunglasses like her mother wore!

Bubbles, bubbles in our hair
Three kids in a tub?  Yes, we dare!

No more sugar please,
Unless it is a trunk load of girl scout cookies!

Making a mess that blocks the bathroom is what we do,
We sure hope our parents don't have to....

Our house was move-in ready...

...until my beautiful momma said it wasn't! With my dad suffering from the February stomach flu that ravaged all of the C Clan in the LOE, the massive room stringing together our house was painted a new color.  Can you guess the name of the shade?  Put your guesses in the comments section!

Lucky for the Colorado C Clan, they chose that weekend for a visit.  Look at Uncle B - his clothes were spotless until he started this project!

Using every available wall-mount in the whole state of New Mexico, several pictures/plates were hung.  Don't look now, but we have made a house a home!

Yep!  Eagle-eyed readers will acknowledge the new curtains put in place.  For a better view look at this...

What is missing?  Yes the built-in china cabinets.  Elmo is so proud of you!  Turning our gaze a little further reveals...

For those of you who enjoying watching my dad hot-tub it while eating - you will be sorely disappointed.  Disappointed that is until you realize that it's a roman shade capable of being up or down.  This image above shows the down position.  So many changes.  Big thanks to Uncle B, Aunt K, and Heavy D for their help in making my beautiful momma's vision a reality.  Also, thanks for taking the stomach flu to Colorado with you!

SM Turns Two - The Presents

Ahoy!  Look at my booty!  Let's make like Marc Summers and Unwrap!

When it comes to presents, I become super strong...

Whoops!  Something for my dad got mixed up in my stuff!

I made out like a bandit!  Or is it a smokey?  Whatever - I made out like Burt Reynolds before he shaved his mustache!

Here's a couple videos as evidence of my language capabilities.  Two weeks with Rosetta stone and I have this English thing down pat...

Good!